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thwaite.

A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing.

7 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈθweɪ̯t/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈθwæɪ̯t/Australia
  1. A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English *thwait, a borrowing from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”) (see whittle), Danish døjt (“¹⁄₁₆₀ of the gulden”, dialectal: “a small coin”), German Deut, Dutch duit. Cognate with Old English þwītan (“to thwite; cut; cut off”). Doublet of doit, and possibly of twat.

noun
  1. Alternative form of twaite.

    alt-of · alternative
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